Bills QB Ryan Fitzpatrick needs to produce a big game today if Buffalo hopes to knock off New England.

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Maybe there's a simple explanation that we've been overlooking in the quest to figure out why the Buffalo Bills have failed to make the playoffs since we all survived the Y2K scam.

Perhaps we can point to the late Art Modell as the scapegoat. After three straight losing seasons under fledgling head coach Bill Belichick, the ever dour one turned the Browns into winners in 1994, leading them to an 11-5 record and then a wild-card victory over New England before the rival Steelers ended their season.